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nom·i·na·tive    Audio Help   [nom-uh-nuh-tiv, nom-nuh- or, for 2, 3, nom-uh-ney-tiv] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.Grammar.
a.(in certain inflected languages, as Sanskrit, Latin, and Russian) noting a case having as its function the indication of the subject of a finite verb, as in Latin Nauta bonus est “The sailor is good,” with nauta “sailor” in the nominative case.
b.similar to such a case in function or meaning.
2.nominated; appointed by nomination.
3.made out in a person's name, as a certificate or security.
–noun Grammar.
4.the nominative case.
5.a word in the nominative case.
6.a form or construction of similar function or meaning.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < L nominātīvus (see nominate, -ive), r. ME nominatif < MF < L as above]

nom·i·na·tive·ly, adverb
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nom·i·na·tive    Audio Help   (nŏm'ə-nā'tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
    1. Appointed to office.
    2. Nominated as a candidate for office.
  1. Having or bearing a person's name: nominative shares.
  2. (-nə-tĭv) Grammar Of, relating to, or being the case of the subject of a finite verb (as I in I wrote the letter) and of words identified with the subject of a copula, such as a predicate nominative (as children in These are his children).

n.   Grammar (-nə-tĭv)
  1. The nominative case.
  2. A word or form in the nominative case.

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nominative 
1387, "grammatical case dealing with the subject of a verb," from M.Fr. nominatif, from L. nominativus "pertaining to naming," from nominatus, pp. of nominare (see nominate).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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nominative

adjective
1. serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative" 
2. named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock" 
3. appointed by nomination [syn: nominated

noun
1. the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb [ant: oblique

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Nominative

Nom"i*na*tive\, a. [L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative.] (Gram.) Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. -- n. The nominative case.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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